Powder box



1 July 3, 1923. wwmmwfi- LE ROY RQOT POWDER BOX Filed Feb. 28. 1922 Patented July 3,1923.

UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFIUE.

LE ROY ROOT, F YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO SGOVILL MANUFACTURING COM- IPANY, A. CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

POWDER BOX.

Application filed. February 28, 1922. Serial No. 539,918.

T 0 all w/wwrit may concern:

Be itknown that I, Ln ROY Room, a citi zen of the United States,-residing at New York city, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Powder Boxes, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to certain improve ments in boxes for containing loose powder and particularly for face powder.

These boxes are widely used by ladies for carrying face powder and are of a size to conveniently fit'in' a hand bag, pocket book or the like, the boxes also generally being capacitated to contain a powder puff or the like for applying the powder. The preferable way of using face powder is in the loose condition, as powder in this form is purer andmost users have aparticular kind or brand of powder which they prefer to use. If, however, powder is carried loosely in a box with a puff muchwaste occurs by the spilling of the powder either when the puff is used to take itfrom the box, or the box accidentally coming open.

For avoiding thiswastage of loose powder the powdermanufacturershave made up their face powders in molded cakes called compacts formed of the powder and a binder, these cakes being fitted into the boxes. These cakes or compacts are open to various objections. In the first place the powder is adulterated by the use of the binder necessary to hold the powder in the form of a compact. Furthermore these cakes are very brittle and are liable to be broken either in shipping or in loading them into the boxes. Furthermore they are very liable to break after. they have been used to some extent and worn down and having once been broken are usually unfit for use. i

It is the object of the present invention to provide a powder box in which is secured a'refillable container or member pro-- vided with powder distributing orifices and which shall be leak proof, that is the container will be formed or provided with means which will prevent the escape of powder from the container, and consequently from the box, except through the be used instead of the compacts above referred to.

A further object of the invention is to produce a construction in which the container may be easily and quickly filled with powder.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction in which the con-- tainer will be formed with a flexible part by lightly tapping or striking which pow der will be ejected through the powder orifices so that it can be readily taken up by a powder puff.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cheap compact structure which may be easily carried in a hand bag, pocket book or the like, and which, if desired, may be of polished material or capacitated to carry a small mirror.

With these and other objects not specifically referred to in view, the invention consistsin certain novel parts, arrangements and combinations, a detail. description of which will be given in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, and the novel features thereof pointed out in the claims hereunto annexed.

In these drawings- Figure l is a vertical sectional view of the improved box with the puff therein, the boxbeing shown with the cover closed.

Figure 2 is a side view, partly in section, of the box shown in Fig. l, the cover of the box being shown open and the puff removed.

Figure 3 is a sectional on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Figure lis a sectional view showing one means for rendering the powder container leak proof, certain of the parts being in the position occupied when filling the container.

Figure 5 i a view similar to it showing the container filled and ready to be put in the box.

Figure 6 is a. plan view of Fig. 5 looking plan view taken down on the structure shown in that figure.

the container after refilling. discharge orifices so that loose; powder may Referring now tothese drawings, the i1nproved structure will. include a. boa; 1,. hair.- ing acover 2 hinged to thebox b a hin indicated at 8. This box will pre erably be.

' circular in shape and. of a size convenient for carrying in a hand bag, pocket. book or. the like. Thi box may be of" any suitable or desired material, but preferably will be of some cheap metal, as brass. The inside of the cover may, if desired, be, polished as to afford a reflecting surface, or may be pmuided, if desired, with a. small mirror, not shown.

Carriedin. this box, is a. powder container which. is provided with powder distributing: fices and; with means for refilling the container, the container being so constructed and arranged as; to be lea-k. proof,. that is, so. that, no powder; can; escape. therefrom except through the distributing orifices. This container may take a wide. range of forms, andv various means; may be. provided. for effectingthe refilling and; leak proof functions of the container. While the container-might bearrangedso asito be permanently secured im the box; and. refilled Without removal therefrom, in! the best constructions this con:- tainer; is removable from the box for the purpose. of: refilling and. means are provided forremovably securingthe container in. the ban: to. prevent; accidental displacement. In the specific. example; illustrated, this coni millet iainithe form of; a plate 4a provided with. distributing orifices: 5., these distribut- 11g Q Z tfi Q being'providedi in suitable numhersjand: preferably arranged in concentric G iliqlf snea-r he center: of; the plate. These orifices furnish egress for the powder so that the powder can-be taken up on. a. puff indica d at 6.1.

n'at'hfie best: constructions this: distributing plate; will be arranged so as toyieldsomewhat; sothata-by lightly tapping. it: powder S orced throughthe orifices spreading onto the unpeliforatedi parts of: the plate between the orifices when it can be readily taken up by; the-puff- To effect; this: the plate,.asbefore stated which, is of metal, isrsomewhat bowed; or concave, as: indicated at 7. The y fllding action ofthe plate may also be as isted; if: desired, by: a. coil spring 9 taking between the b'ottomz of: the box and a flange 10 bent down at the edges of the plate. The container is, im the particular construction i1l11stratied,,filledr from the back, and means are provided for making the container leak aften it is filled. In. the particular construction. illustrated, thi is: effected by proyiding apiece: of'pap-er, cloth, orthe like, f lrfiinientxfineness: to prevent the powder sifting therethrough, this-.paper or cloth-beingiu'rnediinatqlli andsecured to the inner faceofithcplate; llhis paper-or cloth thus makes in eifectjzai pocket,v as; slrowuin Fig. 4 intov which; the powder may: be placed. The powder is held in position in the pocket by a. retainer in. the form. of. a disk 12 of cardboard or other suitable material, and this in turn is held in place in the construction. shown in Figs. 1 t0 6 by foldin in the. outer edges13 of the paper or cl'ot l on to the retainer 12, as shown clearly in F i-g. 6. If desired, a draw string, such as shown at 14 in Fig. 8, may be employed for securing the paper around the edges of the cardboard.

The container is set, intothe box, as shown in Fig. 1,. with the inturned paper or cloth 15: next the bottom. of the box. With this construction. the powder is prevented from escaping from the container and consequent- 1y. from. the box except through the distributing orifices and these are kept. closed when in nonuse by the puff 6, it beingunderstood that the box and container are capacitated so as to: snugly hold: the puff. and the container when the box is closed; This snug holding of the. puff. and container in the box is also aided by the; spring 9,.befim'e referred to.

When, as in. the: construction illustrated, the. container is removably secured in the box means wil'lxbeprovided; forhnldzing'it in position. While these. mamas may be. of various characters as shown in. Fig 1, there is provided a piece. of spring wine; 15 which bears, against. the top edge of; the; plate; 4 and; against an. abutment im the turn. of: a circular. flange 16.- formed in the intnrioz of bhe'bo'x. body. In. this construction the holding wire 15: is pressed: dawn. imdi rmnaved from. engagement: with the: abutment. 1161 so that it can benemoverl. from the box. then this is done the. container may be readily removed from. position. for refilling. Undm' some circumstances it; will. be desirable to omit the-wire 1:5 and to-providathecontninnr with. holding projections which. will firintionally engage; the hon sides; Such inconstruction is illustrated in Fig. 7 in: which the side flange 15. of the: plate is. earmarked downwardly for somev distance. and at two opposite pointsdspunched out to formpum jectionsi 18 which frictionally engage. with the sides of the box. intermediatathe hinge'll and the fastaningsnap 19+by which" thecover 2: of thee-boxxis secured tothae body: 1.. These boxes being ofmetal: aresomewhmt resilient and by: pressing imthe front edge20 of5the box body the cover is released and this pressure slightly deforms the bcmv spreading it at the point where the projeotionslSengage the sides, thus freeing! the injections so that the container can be re 'ly lifhsd' out of the box.

While the invantionhas been shown: and. described in its preferred form, it will: be understood that various: changw andl variations may bemade in the form of thwcontainer, and ther'means for-securing in in the box and for refilling the container with powder, and that the invention is not to be restricted to the specific construction shown and described.

What I claim is:

1. A vanity box for containing loose powder having a bottom compartment and a cover, a powder container positioned in the bottom of the box and bodily removable therefrom, said container comprising a flexible plate formed with a downwardly extending flange and having powder distributing orifices, a pocket open against the plate and secured to the plate under its outer edge the other end of the pocket being of flexible material and a thin disk closing the end of the pocket, the material of the pocket being removably inturned under the lower edge of the disk, and a spring arranged out side the container and bearingagainst the under side of the flange.

2. A vanity box for containing loose powder having a bottom compartment and a cover, a powder container positioned in the bottom of the box and bodily removable therefrom, said container comprising a fiexible plate formed with a downwardly extending flange and having powder distributing orifices, a pocket of flexible material open against the plate and secured to the plate under its outer edge and a disk closing the other end of the pocket, the material of the pocket being removably inturned under the lower edge of the disk, a spring arranged outside the container bearing against the under side of the flange, and resilient means independent of the spring for removably holding the container and associated parts in the bottom of the box.

3. A loose powder holder comprising a box and a cover therefor, and a powder container bodily removable from the box and including a distributing plate, and a pocket of flexible material secured to the under side of the plate and closed by a disk under which the edges of the pocket are removably infolded.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

LE ROY ROOT. 

